Growing up in the entrepreneurial family behind fashion giant Boohoo.com has been the catalyst to Adam Kamani's success.

Having taken the reigns of the Kamani Property Group, CEO Adam Kamani opens up about how his grandfather came from Kenya and founded a UK business dynasty - and how he has set his sights on a real estate empire.

The cool office

Meeting property expert Adam Kamani in his swanky Ancoats office is an experience in itself.

The 28-year-old ushers me in to his pristine white pad, complete with air hockey table and funky wall art, above the low key entrance on Tariff Street.

Adam had already co-founded fashion business PrettyLittleThing with his brother Umar when he began focusing on property two years ago.

But his path to success started years before, after being born into the entrepreneurial family behind global fashion retailer Boohoo.com, which has a market capitalisation in excess of £2bn.

Air hockey at Kamani Property Group offices

“Our family is a strong unit and that’s what the basis of our business is now” he tells me.

“It is about empowering each other and working together. Credit goes to my grandparents for instilling that into us.”

Family business

Growing up in the Kamani household sounds like a busy affair.

Adam fondly describes the house in Chorlton where he was raised alongside his brothers, cousins, parents and grandparents.

Adam Kamani as a boy with his brothers

“There were 18 of us living in this one house and at times it was like a mad house, but I mean that in a good way.

“If you fell out with your friends you still had your family and that mentality has been with us since we were born.